Happy Dollars
Tim Gauraldi is headed to Arizona with Anna and his mother and father for elk hunting in November.
Ron Bedell shared that he had dinner with the President of Rotary International in Montreal. The President is Barry Rassin from the Bahamas.
Ron and Marilyn won the dinner for registering early for the Zone Conference.
Evan Leary - see the ad above this was his happy dollar.
Dan Nash announced that ground breaking for the Baptist Church will happen on Sunday. The church is rising from the ashes!
Rich Wallace announced the Chamber event that is listed above.
Bruce Bergeron shared that he survived his weekend of racing at Watkins Glen. The only damage was a broken windshield and he has a worn out disc. His student did well too. The student's Porsche is intact!
Bruce Pacht is celebrating a special Chordsmen event over the weekend. Attendance was up (430). The afterglow event was well attended too (131).
Rick Dyment was happy to announce 4 more years of Cape Air at the airport.
Jean Walpren shared news of the Aging Resource Center event at DHMC. Her sister has been named the Director of the Center!
Steve Whitman happy dollars were all about the Friendship Exchange Team arrival in 9 days. Please help if you can.
Bob Gasser reminded us that on October 11, Robert Azzi Will be speaking. The program is entitled "Ask a Muslim Anything". Azzi is a photojournalist and writer. Azzi discusses and welcomes questions on Islam the geopolitics of the Middle East. Should be an interesting program, please consider bringing a guest to this educational meeting.
Maureen Thibodeau, our speaker, shared news of the Acworth, NH Veteran's Memorial Park. There will be a fund raiser for the park, in the park on Saturday. There will be antiques sold, and plenty of food and entertainment. Please consider coming .
Paul Boucher lovingly told Bruce Pacht that he is delighted the Chordmen's Concert is completed so when he is driving with Bruce he won't have to listen to him sing.
Marilyn Bedell shared more news from the dinner with RI President Barry Rassin. If you still have your July copy of the Rotarian Magazine, take a look at the Flamingos on the cover. Note that one is going against the flow. Barry hopes he can be that Flamingo and help take Rotary in a new direction that will keep our organization sustainable for years to come. Marilyn also learned at the conference that although there are 18 reported cases of polio this year, not all have caused paralysis. In prior years only cases that included paralysis were counted, the number continues to be significantly down. We owe a debt of gratitude to the polio workers who continue to enter dangerous areas to immunize children.
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Raffle
Rich Wallace pulled the 5 of Clubs as the hunt for the queen of hearts continues.
Once again John Yacavone won the car wash.
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News From Rotary International
Rotary announces US $96.5 million to end polio
On 15 August, 2018, Rotary announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year.
The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, following four reported cases in 2016.
“The fact that no new cases of wild poliovirus have been detected in Nigeria points to the improved surveillance and rapid response protocols Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners have established, particularly in insecure and inaccessible areas,” said Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. “While this progress is promising, it’s time to redouble our efforts so we can continue to maintain the political and financial support necessary to end polio for good.”
While significant strides have been made against the paralyzing disease, wild poliovirus is still a threat in parts of the world, with 10 cases in Afghanistan and three cases in Pakistan this year so far. As long as a single child has polio, all children are at risk, which underscores the need for ongoing funding and political commitment to eradication.
